Laddie John Dill was born in Long Beach, California, in 1943. He graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in 1968 with a BFA. After graduating, Dill became a printing apprentice and worked closely with established artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns.
A Los Angeles artist, Dill had his first solo exhibition in New York City with Sonnabend Gallery in 1971. He was one of the first Los Angeles artists to exhibit Light and Space work in New York. He exhibited the “Light Sentences” and “Light Plains” sculptures in institutions across the United States and globally, and has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in these pieces in the last decade as well, including an acquisition of a “Light Plains” sculpture by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is currently on view in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
Dill has been crafting light and earthly materials like concrete, glass, sand, and metal into luminous sculptures, wall pieces, and installations since the 1970s. Referring to his choice of materials, Dill explains: “I was influenced by (Robert) Rauschenberg, Keith Sonnier, Robert Smithson, Dennis Oppenheim and Robert Irwin, who were working with earth materials, light and space as an alternative to easel painting.” When Dill does use canvas, he paints with pigments derived from cement and natural oxides.
Dill’s works are in the permanent collections of national and international institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; the Museum of Contemporary Art, California; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; the High Museum, Atlanta; and elsewhere. He currently lives and works in Venice, California, where he maintains a studio.
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Large California Modernist Abstract Laddie John Dill Abstract Oil Painting Art
By Laddie John Dill
Located in Surfside, FL
Laddie John Dill (American, b. 1943) Untitled Oil painting on canvas mounted on panel Hand signed Laddie Dill (verso) 36 x 72 inches. (with frame 37 X 73) Laddie John Dill was born ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Laddie John Dill, Robert Rauschenberg protege signed mixed media painting Unique
By Laddie John Dill
Located in New York, NY
Laddie John Dill Untitled Mixed Media painting, 2011 Cement, polymer, wood, mixed media on board 12 × 18 × 1 1/2 inches Signed and dated on the back Unique work This exquisite unique...
Wood, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
$1,600
California Modernist Abstract Laddie John Dill Abstract Oil Painting Modernism
By Laddie John Dill
Located in Surfside, FL
Laddie John Dill (American, b. 1943) Untitled Composition 1983 2 1/2" x 8 1/2" image, 10" x 16" frame Oil painting with pastel on paper Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: ...
Oil, Paper, Pastel
$750
H 44 in W 35 in D 3 in
Harriet Thorpe "Fire Bird" Original Abstract Oil Painting c.1960s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Harriet Thorpe "Fire Bird" Original Abstract Oil Painting c.1960s Excellent vintage abstract painting by California artist Harriet Thorpe. Created wit...
Canvas, Oil
Quorum
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Comes framed in a deep-profile maple or black floater frame, ready to hang.) Artist's Statement: "This painting harkens back to my 'Gridish' series but with more negative space, a broader array of media and more complexity to the oval forms. I have tried to create tension between these iconic forms through the divergence of dissonant and unusual materials, colors and textures. These ovals keep reappearing in my work; they seem almost like groups of silent but sentient beings to me." “Lyman’s work evolves restlessly, with the common elements generally being deft and unusual color choices that balance assonance and dissonance, and vestiges of the hand and facture purposely left in the paintings. The negative space is often so meticulously worked that it’s almost as if the objects – usually simple shapes – are there as much to complement the background as vice versa. Despite the often bold colors there is an elegance about his paintings that prevents them from being either loud or decorative. " Artbeit Zeitschrift “His paintings are a refreshing departure from the current abstract art world’s seemingly endless parade of fields of color with scribbles providing form, a style that is easily mimicked and has become a sort of “safe,” accessible go-to. There are confident decisions in these paintings appearing as commitments of strongly delineated forms and unexpected collisions of color that give the work a visceral, confident and playful soul, increasingly missing from contemporary expressionist abstraction. They are the paintings of a real painter rather than a decorative artist.” ArtSeen, 2018 (from a collector): "Love your work. We collect colorists like Wolf Kahn and Jennifer Bartlett, whom I commissioned a piece from that is in the entrance of Mayo Clinic. We are old fans...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, House Paint, Oil, Acrylic, Clay
Ensign No. 1
Located in Columbia, MO
A native of Upstate New York, Matt Ballou was educated at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2001) and Indiana University ( MFA 2005) before coming to The University of ...
Mixed Media, Plastic, Permanent Marker
Ensign No. 3
Located in Columbia, MO
A native of Upstate New York, Matt Ballou was educated at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2001) and Indiana University ( MFA 2005) before coming to The University of ...
Plastic, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
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H 24.02 in W 19.69 in
A composition. Geometrical Abstract Oil Painting, Polish artist
By Iwona Delińska
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary abstraction oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Iwona Delinska. Artwork is painted with different density paint which makes every layer of composition dynamic. Some ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 45.67 in W 35.04 in D 0.79 in
"PaperLandscape" Minimal Abstract Paint , Original Art made in Italy
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
PaperLandscape mixed media, oil paint and collage on canvas original artwork Original Created:2019 Subjects:Landscape Materials: Canvas Styles: #Abstract #AbstractExpressionism #...
Pastel, Oil, Handmade Paper
$2,850
H 11.7 in W 8.27 in D 0.04 in
Foundational Study No. 25 (B) Gestural Form & Crimson Pigment
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Studies 25(B) The Composition A refined entry point into the studio’s practice, Foundational Studies 25(B) is a deliberate exploration of form and verse. Executed on ha...
Paint, Crayon, Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival ...
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H 24.02 in W 31.5 in D 0.79 in
"PaperLandscape" l Abstract Landscape Paint , Original Art made in Italy
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
PaperLandscape – Abstract Landscape Mixed Media Painting on Canvas by Marilina Marchica, 2025 PaperLandscape is a large original abstract painting (81x61 cm) by contemporary Italian...
Canvas, Paper, Pastel, Oil
$2,039
H 20.08 in W 28.35 in D 1.19 in
1962 Italy Abstract Painting and Paper Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1962, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is an oil pastel painting and a collage w...
Oil Pastel, Oil, Cardboard, Magazine Paper
$24,000
H 66 in W 84 in D 2 in
Massive 7-Foot Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Ed Gilliam, Frameless Display
By Ed Gilliam
Located in Encino, CA
Untitled Abstract, an original oil on canvas by Edward Gilliam, is a piece for the true collector. Gilliam's use of color and paint thickness immediately captivates the viewer. It is...
Oil, Canvas
$500
H 23.75 in W 19.75 in
Red Right Hand /// Abstract Expressionism Blue Red Female Artist Painting Canvas
By Margaux Halloran
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Margaux Halloran (American, 1999-) Title: "Red Right Hand" *Monogram signed by Halloran lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2024 Medium: Original...
Canvas, Paint, Pastel, Oil, Chalk
Blue tree, 45x45cm, oil on canvas
By Fleur
Located in Yerevan, AM
Blue tree, 45x45cm, oil on canvas
Canvas, Oil
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H 38.5 in W 40 in
1970s California Artist Large Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Laddie John Dill
Located in Surfside, FL
Blue carpenters chalk and concrete on paper board. there is a label with artists name, date and materials verso. . Laddie John Dill was born in Long Beach, CA in 1943. He graduated ...
Mixed Media